1
: a load (as of occupants) that fills a car
a carload of tourists
2
: the minimum number of tons required for shipping at carload rates
3
: a large unspecified quantity
a carload of excuses
Examples of carload in a Sentence
She brought home a carload of books.
People were arriving by the carload.
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Revenue ton miles increased 3.6 percent, while carloads increased 3 percent.
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Tarantino gives us a stunt driver (Kurt Russell) who gets off on killing carloads of unsuspecting females.
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Revenue ton miles, the preferred volume metric for the company, increased 0.5 percent, while carloads decreased 2.2 percent.
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Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
Revenue ton miles increased 3.6 percent, while carloads increased 3 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025
Tarantino gives us a stunt driver (Kurt Russell) who gets off on killing carloads of unsuspecting females.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Revenue ton miles, the preferred volume metric for the company, increased 0.5 percent, while carloads decreased 2.2 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for carload
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“Carload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carload. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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carload
noun
car·load
ˈkär-ˈlōd 
: a load (as of passengers) that fills a car
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